Bike test: U turn

[Biker-Kev]

If you put your foot down on the bike test, is that an instant fail?

If it is do you only get one chance at it or does your examiner give you another go?

Cheers

Kev
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[strag]

You can dab your foot but if its deemed you are not in control you will fail. So best not to!
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[Chriss]

Believe it's a fail, like touching the a kurb in the car test.

Just keep the revs up!
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[greatmoorred]

im glad that everyone is a bit worried about the u-turn. I am trying not to think about it too much.

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[ISLAND GIRL]

[Groove]

i dont get it still tho. did my test and passed blah blah blah

but my bike has the turning circle of a train and will NOT get round an average road well, unless you go round on full lock, but the catch is i cant use the throttle so i walk it round whilst on it...then reverse it back and ride off


yeah any way

Dont put your foot down! fail

You only get 1 chance. also on the walk it round (standing beside you bike) make sure you go over the top on observations. least thats what i was told
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[greatmoorred]

dont think about it too much island girl, remember youre the boss not it.

[ISLAND GIRL]

I will certainly try and tell myself that mate when the time comes, thank you

[squid36]

dont forget to look where you intend to go, look right up the road dont look at the curb or close to the bike as this will affect your balance, if you do dab your foot ask the examoner if you can do it again, he can only say no , but you wont know if you dont ask do you
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[froggy128]

well i could do perfect U turns practised for ages before my test and could do them everytime. Then on my test i put my foot down, i used me feet to push the bike back and then did a perfect one! he gave me 1 minor for it i got 3 minors by the end of the test

[ISLAND GIRL]

When I go out on a lesson my instructor stands on the other side of the road up a bit and tells me to just look at him, the bike will follow....apparently. Me being me will certainly suggest a re try if I dont get it first time,what have I to lose eh.

[stinkwheel]

[biketeacherda...]

None of my pupils have ever passed if they have put a foot down during the U turn, it is seen as loss of control.

To be honest very few fail for this reason as i make them practise fig 8s so much that the U turn which is much easier to do is not a problem, i also make them do all there training in much narrower roads than they will use on there tests.

keep practising
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[beefy]

[quote="stinkwheel It involves fine control of the throttle, clutch and brake along with a good sense of balance. Doing a U-turn shows you have mastered the controls on the bike.

i would disagree i would say its a fine control of the clutch, rev the engine higher dont worry about the noise it means nothing if it gets u a pass. u can spend time later fine tunin it but the real progress would be for the pass mark a test is really a guide the real trainin comes from u in time with practice.

[biker-dj]

Me, like a prat, stalled just as I pulled up as I finished my U turn but thankfully I passed, it's probably been said but practice, pratice and practice some more thats all I did took myself off to narrow quiet roads and made myself complete the turn. I only had two mornings with an instructor before my test, hadn't been on a bike previous to that for 17 years and passed with 4 minors. Just ride confidently and you'll be fine. Good luck
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[wristjob]

the u turn on your test is easy(unless you choose to do it on a sport bike or a cruiser)the usual test bikes will u turn in a single parking space,so any road is easy.
however i found my u turns really hard,foot down 80% of times untill i made a silly error on my emergency stop(something i had never had any problems with)so my instructor started moaning at me for that.so while i was thinking about emergency stops i suddenly did a u turn with no bother.
i found that the reason for my failure to u turn was that i was over thinking the job.once my mind was on the next task the u turn became and still is easy.
passed first time

[Aikman666]

Only thing i can say is try not to lean the bike too much, and if you think you'r going to fall over dont panic. Also if you snap the throttle, you'll loose your balance. My personal preferance is to use the clutch alot, keep it at low revs. It might be a different technique from what they look for though, ive never acctually had training yet
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[Josh|RD125LC]

I hear faired bikes are a pain in the arse for U turns. Thats alright for me though, the RD is a U turn machine, does them so easy. Guess its the rider as well though.
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[wildcat]

I couldn't u turn the cbr 125 at all, couldn't u turn the 6 until I was at dublin port and the port police asked me to move the bike, "just go down there and turn" it's amazing what you can do when a copper tells you to.

[BenBray]

I was u-turning fine on my cbt. I was on a gs125, and it was really a piece of cake.

When I got my 125, a marauder, I couldnt do it at all. I keep going off to an industrial estate to get some practice in - get it to second and use the back brake.

I dont know about using the clutch... how would that help :/
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[Aikman666]

You can drop the revs right off without stalling the engine, falling over and looking a right arsehole, it also gives you finer speed control. Overall, its just the best way of doing it IMO
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[stinkwheel]

[BenBray]

I'll give that a stab next time I'm out on the bike for pleasure, cheers.


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